Max S. Wortman,
Jr. received his Bachelor of Science degree (1956) in Civil Engineering from
Iowa State University and his Doctor of Philosophy degree (1962) in Business
Administration in the fields of Industrial Relations, Management, Labor
Economics, and Statistics from the University of Minnesota. His dissertation
was titled, "Some Influences of Membership in Employer Bargaining Associations
Upon Manpower Management Functions in Industrial Organizations in a Local Labor
Market." He attended a Case Method Program for Visiting Professors at Harvard
Business School in the summer of 1965. He taught at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, the University of Massachusetts, the U. S. Navy Postgraduate School,
and the University of Iowa (1962-1981). Wortman was the William B. Stokely
chair in management (1981-1988) at the University of Tennessee. He was employed
by the Iowa State University College of Business Administration (1988) and
became a Distinguished Professor of Management at Iowa State University. He
suddenly passed away in 2005.